Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is featured on the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated, with an extensive profile inside the magazine, which hits newsstands Wednesday.

The story discusses Rodgers on and off the field and how he goes about constantly working to improve his game, among other topics. For an overview, click here. A companion piece also lists five things SI senior writer Greg Bishop learned about Rodgers in working on the story. To read that and a few quotes from the story, click here.

Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is on one of four regional Sports Illustrated covers for the magazine’s annual NFL playoff preview issue, which hits newsstands this week. All the covers feature quarterbacks, as New Orleans’ Drew Brees, New England’s Tom Brady and Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger are on the other regional covers.

In his playoff preview story, SI’s Peter King predicts the Packers to beat the Giants in the NFC divisional round, and then the Saints to beat the Packers in the NFC Championship at Lambeau Field. He picks the Saints to then win Super Bowl XLVI over the Patriots. King calls it a “wide-open” playoff field because he sees as many as nine teams with a realistic chance to win it all.